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Thank you for this highly interesting information. If I understand this correctly, technically and legally speaking, ม.17 does not replace ม.30. Instead, the countries in the ม.30 list plus many additional countries are added to a ม.17 list. I guess the upcoming official publication of the announcement will shed light on this.

That's good news. Implementation of new immigration rules based on news media reports and the bamboo telegraph. Should help save some face.

Once the new 60-day visa exempt stay is implemented, let's see if the MFA update the list of countries for the visa on arrival.

Precisely. He got at least this right.

Another government official, this time the Prime Minister, staying "visa" when he means permission to stay.

It's usually the Minister of the Interior who signs off announcements on immigration matters. If something was signed today, it will hopefully show up in the next issue of the Govt Gazette which should come out this Wednesday.

The AseanNow forum allows posting the link to a Facebook post as citation of the source. Do you know how to do this?

What nationality? I'm asking because nationals of a few countries have been getting visa-exempt 60 days under separate rules already for years. Can't find the list on the MFA website anymore.

Perhaps signed by the Prime Minister today, but apparently not yet published in the Royal Gazette. It seems that the Gazette is published weekly, on Wednesday.

Visa waiver extension affecting 93 nations to be signed Monday SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2024 Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/policy/40039678 What next? Probably — Publication in the Royal Gazette — Simultaneously or later, publication of detailed rules and regulations for the implementation Wait and see.

Have someone at your SCB branch show you how you can print out a bank statement.

Thank you very much.

The OP got his answers, despite the inaccurate information he originally posted, and this topic is now closed.

As you have chosen not to post the two dates shown in the arrival stamp or even better a copy of the stamp, all your protestations are futile and useless. This topic is now closed.

There iss already a topic running dedicated exclusively to the DTV.

Topic closed because the OP posted no link to his sourc

Immigration's arrival stamps show the arrival date but not the time, but our posts on this forum show the time. Let's make this a challenge to see who will be the first to post an arrival stamp under the anticipated new rules. (No entry in the book of world records guaranteed, I'm afraid)

Does anybody know where to access new issues of the Government Gazette on the worldwide web, aka as the Internet? George probably has his eyes preened for it. I know it will be in Thai, but it would be a good start.

The publication in the Royal Gazette will be the proper public announcement, but sometimes and particularly when it refers to immigration matters, the announcement will say that a designated government department will issue necessary regulations for the implementation. For example, I can imagine that a new version of the the Order of the Royal Thai Police with the criteria and requirements for extensions of the permission to stay in the Kingdom is to come. So, let's not pop the Champagne bottles quite yet.

Travellers from some countries are currently allowed 30 days visa-exempt permission to stay. The government is in the process of evaluating a proposal to change this to 60 days. This change has not yet been finalised and implemented. For arriving passengers, the last date of the permission to stay is clearly indicated in the arrival stamp, not as a number of days of permission to stay. Both the day of arrival and the day of departure count as part of the period of stay. You failed to indicate the dates shown in the arrival stamp in your friend's passport but the above information should enable you to verify if the end date of the permission to stay has been calculated correctly.

Children younger than 15 do not det fined.

Yes, it "might". I am confident that the OP will post the outcome in this topic when, in about two months, he applies for his first one-year extension of stay for the reason of employment. Until then, any further speculation seems futile.

1. Visa stamp In your US passport, a visa is a stamp you got from a Thai embassy or consulate and has the word "Visa" on it and information about the type of visa and its issue and expiration dates. Nowadays, in many countries, including the USA, the Thai visas are sent electronically in a PDF file attached to an email message, ie no stamp in your passport. 2. Arrival stamp The arrival stamp put into your passport by an immigration official when you enter Thailand essentially shows the name of the entry point, the type of visa or visa exemption with which you arrived, the arrival date, and the date until which you are allowed to stay. Basically, this is your permission to stay.

This here thread is where we can expect people to post when they get the 60-day visa-exempt entry for the first time (and to lament that they haven't got it yet contrary to their expectations)

That procedure would have applied if you had not left Thailand and subsequently entered with a non-B visa. When you left Thailand without a re-entry permit for your extension based on education, that extension was automatically cancelled, invalidated. Now, employment is the basis for your new one-year extension. In other words, you are not changing the reason for an existing extension, but you are applying for a new extension based on your entry with a new visa for the purpose of employment.